A New York taxi driver has been ordered to pay a lesbian couple $10,000 in damages after he told them to stop kissing in the back of his cab.

Mohammed Dahbi discriminated against actress Kassie Thornton and her TV executive partner Christy Spitzer after ordering them to 'keep that behavior for the bedroom'.

He warned that if they ignored his request during the trip on September 18, 2011, he would throw them out.

Outraged: Mohammed Dahbi was accused of discrimination after ordering actress Kassie Thornton and her TV executive partner Christy Spitzer to stop kissing and 'keep that behavior for the bedroom'. He was ordered to pay the couple $10,000 in fines

When they got out, Dahbi also called the pair 'b*****', 'c****' and 'whores' after they refused to pay the fare and walked away.

He claimed during the city's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings they were 'touching each other all over' and 'kissing heavily' .

But according to DNAinfo New York, Judge John Spooner disagreed and ordered him to pay the fine.

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He also made him attend anti-discrimination training and pay a $5,000 civil penalty to the city.

Ms Spitzer told the news website: 'We felt that what happened to us was wrong and he needed to take responsibility for his actions.

The trip began at Columbus Circle when Ms Spizter climbed into the yellow cab with her dog and headed to pick Ms Thronton up in Chelsea, before heading to Sunset Park in Brooklyn.

However, when they hit the Meatpacking District, Dahbi turned around and barked the orders at them.

Verbal abuse: When the pair (pictured) got out, Dahbi also called them 'b*****', 'c****' and 'whores' after they refused to pay the fare and walked away

They said he was discriminating against them because they were gay, to which he replied: 'Don't make me out to be an a**hole.'

They insist it was just a peck on the lips. Spizter told DNAinfo she knew this because she had just been to the dentist.

She said: 'That’s why I’m so aware of what my behavior was in the taxi.'

Dahbi's lawyer, Ali Najmi said he had never mentioned anything about the pair's sexuality and has a 'standard of decency'.

They are now planning to appeal the decision.

In a statement on his firm's website, he said: 'We will be pursuing an appeal of this decision. The Administrative Judge acted unreasonably and made conclusions of fact that cannot be substantiated based on the record. The fine amount is completely unfair given that there was no real injury here.'